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Giants in the Earth (1951) |
Giants in the Earth is a Pullitzer Prize winning opera by composer Douglas Moore. The work uses an English libretto by Arnold Sundgaard after Ole Edvart Rølvaag's novel of the same name. The work premiered on March 28, 1951 at Columbia University's Brander Matthews Theatre. The premiere cast included soprano Brenda Miller Cooper as the central figure Beret, along with Josh Wheeler, Roy Johnson, Vivian Bauer, Sam Bertsche, Helen Dautrich, James Cosenza, Frances Paige, Raymond Sharp, and Edward Black.[1]